as in chauffeur
a person who travels by automobile fans arriving by public transportation will find the south entrance most convenient, but drivers will have a choice of entrances

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Recent Examples of driver The driver and sole occupant of the car had injuries that appeared to be related to the crash, but doctors later discovered he had also been shot in the head, the CHP said. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025 Video captured a New York City bus teetering on the edge of an overpass after a bus driver lost control and skidded into a wall, according to officials. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025 The driver who struck the pedestrian remained at the scene and cooperated with police. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Jan. 2025 The wheel is off-center to the right, as are the pedals, while the driver’s head is positioned right next to the window. Charlie Thomas, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for driver 
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Noun
  • The $73,500 experience includes roundtrip Blade helicopter transportation from NYC to Reagan National, and a daily armored Maybach chauffeur.
    Anna Spiegel, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The property has also partnered with Jaguar Land Rover to provide electric and hybrid vehicles on-site that Rosewood chauffeurs drive.
    Dalya Benor, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • In late May 2022, a civilian called 911 to report a motorist was asleep in a vehicle at a stoplight.
    Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Troopers were monitoring a Palestinian demonstration involving a large group of vehicles that began on Long Wharf Drive in New Haven around 3:30 p.m. when the motorists began moving and got onto Interstate 95 South at Exit 46, according to Connecticut State Police.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025
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  • When an operator at the front needs one a drone is launched from a catapult and flies automatically to the specified area.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2025
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  • After his son is violently murdered and his business collapses, an encounter with an old friend from his days as a wheelman resurfaces old habits, sending Gracian on a high-stakes collision course with a violent criminal syndicate.
    Peter White, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The 75-year-old wheelman somehow survived the dramatic 300-mph wreck that also saw his vehicle bounce off a pair of concrete guard walls.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 24 June 2024

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“Driver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/driver. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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